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World Metro Database

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A list like this one and the metro systems that appear in it may always remain somewhat controversial. One reason is that definitions of what a metro is may vary according to whom you ask (a popular definition is here). Differences between commuter rail, metros and trams are increasingly fading as new hybrid trains allow metros to include sections in streets or shared with heavy rail. In other cases, metros have gradually evolved from former tram or rail lines, so it is sometimes difficult to tell the actual length or date of inauguration of the metro system.

Stations* with an asterisk counts each interchange station as one. Passenger numbers are annual. Ticket prices are for 10 km or 10 stops Price of a single ticket for the public transport network (bus, streetcar or metro) for a journey of approx. 10 km/6 miles or at least 10 stops (2009). Only one logo per city is displayed.



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1 New York27 Oct 1904368.0 km4684222713.617.34,413,0001624 mio.
2 Paris19 Jul 1900213.0 km3803001613.323.86,915,0001473 mio.
3 Cologne11 Oct 196845.0 km5151153.03.4
4 Tokyo30 Dec 1927304.5 km2902051323.422.310,424,0003174 mio.
5 Madrid17 Oct 1919284.0 km2812311321.821.62,415,000686 mio.
6 Moscow15 May 1935298.8 km1801441224.915.08,611,0002573 mio.
7 Mexico City5 Sep 1969201.7 km1751471118.315.97,238,0001460 mio.
8 London10 Jan 1863408.0 km2682681137.124.42,934,0001197 mio.
9 Barcelona30 Dec 1924110.5 km1521281011.115.23,421,000378 mio.
10 Shanghai10 Apr 1995334.0 km2301941033.423.03,359,0001122 mio.
11 Berlin18 Feb 1902147.4 km1951731014.719.53,033,000447 mio.
12 Seoul15 Aug 1974286.9 km3482981028.734.87,138,0002048 mio.
13 Osaka20 May 1933137.8 km133104915.314.86,241,000860 mio.
14 Hong Kong1 Oct 1979188.1 km9582920.910.66,959,0001309 mio.
15 Beijing1 Oct 1969227.6 km147125925.316.35,274,0001200 mio.
16 Taipei28 Mar 199690.6 km8580811.310.64,967,000450 mio.
17 Chicago6 Jun 1892166.0 km151144820.818.91,193,000198 mio.
18 Buenos Aires1 Dec 191347.5 km766867.912.75,895,000280 mio.
19 Munich19 Oct 197192.5 km10094615.416.73,773,000349 mio.
20 Saint Petersburg15 Nov 1955110.2 km6355522.012.67,550,000832 mio.
21 Caracas27 Mar 198360.5 km5046512.110.08,430,000510 mio.
22 Vienna25 Feb 197869.8 km9684514.019.27,135,000498 mio.
23 Mumbai171.0 km7373534.214.6
24 Oslo22 May 196662.0 km7272512.414.41,032,00064 mio.
25 Washington27 Mar 1976171.2 km9086534.218.01,256,000215 mio.
26 Santiago15 Sep 197583.0 km9386516.618.67,735,000642 mio.
27 Guangzhou28 Jun 1999148.5 km8879529.717.64,047,000601 mio.
28 San Francisco11 Sep 1972166.9 km4343533.48.6599,000100 mio.
29 Amsterdam16 Oct 197732.7 km333348.28.32,783,00091 mio.
30 Nagoya15 Nov 195789.0 km9382422.323.34,798,000427 mio.
31 Montreal14 Oct 196669.2 km7368417.318.33,165,000219 mio.
32 Lisbon29 Dec 195941.0 km5246410.313.04,390,000180 mio.
33 Charleroi21 Jun 197617.5 km202044.45.0
34 Bucharest16 Nov 197967.7 km5043416.912.51,640,000111 mio.
35 Singapore7 Nov 1987118.9 km7669429.719.04,802,000571 mio.
36 Toronto30 Apr 195471.3 km7469417.818.53,899,000278 mio.
37 Bielefeld21 Sep 19715.2 km7741.31.8
38 Lyon28 Apr 197830.7 km433947.710.85,928,000182 mio.
39 Sao Paulo14 Sep 197461.3 km5855415.314.511,158,000684 mio.
40 Essen5 Oct 196720.2 km272736.79.0
41 Tehran21 Feb 200050.5 km4744316.815.76,990,000353 mio.
42 Los Angeles30 Jan 199359.3 km3030319.810.0759,00045 mio.
43 Brussels20 Sep 197632.2 km6159310.720.34,224,000136 mio.
44 Sydney192622.1 km141437.44.7
45 Athens195452.0 km5248317.317.36,250,000325 mio.
46 Tashkent6 Nov 197736.2 km2926312.19.71,961,00071 mio.
47 Delhi24 Dec 200296.2 km8381332.127.73,224,000310 mio.
48 Naples28 Mar 199331.8 km3028310.610.0912,00029 mio.
49 Boston1 Sep 189760.5 km6660320.222.02,397,000145 mio.
50 Stockholm1 Oct 1950105.7 km104100335.234.72,867,000303 mio.
51 Hanover28 Sep 197518.6 km211736.27.0
52 Sapporo16 Dec 197148.0 km4946316.016.34,354,000209 mio.
53 Frankfurt4 Oct 196820.5 km312736.810.3
54 Busan19 Jul 198595.0 km9288331.730.72,705,000257 mio.
55 The Hague16 Oct 200427.9 km303039.310.0
56 Dortmund17 May 197629.5 km373739.812.3
57 Yokohama16 Dec 197257.6 km4845319.216.03,438,000198 mio.
58 Prague9 May 197459.1 km5754319.719.010,102,000597 mio.
59 Philadelphia4 Mar 190762.0 km6662320.722.01,081,00067 mio.
60 Kharkov23 Aug 197535.3 km2825311.89.37,875,000278 mio.
61 Nuremberg1 Mar 197234.6 km4644311.515.32,659,00092 mio.
62 Manila1 Dec 198445.7 km4239315.214.07,571,000346 mio.
63 Valencia3 Oct 198831.8 km3837310.612.7
64 Bangkok5 Dec 199946.3 km4440315.414.74,449,000206 mio.
65 Fukuoka26 Jul 198129.8 km353439.911.74,161,000124 mio.
66 Budapest2 May 189633.0 km4240311.014.09,000,000297 mio.
67 Hamburg1 Mar 1912100.7 km9789333.632.31,827,000184 mio.
68 Vancouver3 Jan 198669.5 km4947323.216.31,065,00074 mio.
69 Kuala Lumpur16 Dec 199664.0 km6056321.320.01,703,000109 mio.
70 Milan1 Nov 196474.6 km8884324.929.34,397,000328 mio.
71 Kiev22 Oct 196059.8 km4643319.915.310,736,000642 mio.
72 Rio de Janeiro5 Mar 197942.0 km3434221.017.03,214,000135 mio.
73 Copenhagen19 Oct 200221.0 km2222210.511.01,762,00037 mio.
74 Bilbao11 Nov 199540.6 km3838220.319.02,118,00086 mio.
75 Shenzhen28 Dec 200425.3 km2322212.611.52,885,00073 mio.
76 Lausanne24 May 199113.7 km292826.814.5
77 Chiba28 Mar 198815.5 km181827.89.0
78 Novosibirsk7 Jan 198614.3 km131227.26.54,895,00070 mio.
79 Duisburg11 Jul 199214.3 km131327.26.5
80 Recife11 Mar 198539.7 km3028219.915.0
81 Kyoto1 Apr 198131.3 km3231215.616.04,026,000126 mio.
82 Oporto7 Dec 200221.7 km1514210.97.5
83 Guadalajara1 Sep 198924.0 km2928212.014.5
84 Minsk26 Jun 198430.3 km2524215.112.58,647,000262 mio.
85 Marseille26 Nov 197719.3 km262429.613.03,005,00058 mio.
86 Ankara30 Aug 199623.1 km2322211.611.54,892,000113 mio.
87 Newcastle7 Aug 198076.5 km6150238.330.5497,00038 mio.
88 Rome10 Feb 195539.0 km4948219.524.58,487,000331 mio.
89 Daegu26 Nov 199753.9 km5655227.028.02,041,000110 mio.
90 Bochum26 May 197921.5 km2927210.814.5
91 Lille25 Apr 198345.5 km6260222.831.01,626,00074 mio.
92 Atlanta30 Jun 197979.2 km3938239.619.5429,00034 mio.
93 Tbilisi11 Jan 196626.3 km2221213.111.03,498,00092 mio.
94 Saint Louis31 Jul 199373.4 km3737236.718.5
95 Stuttgart10 Jun 196624.0 km1917212.09.5
96 Monterrey25 Apr 199131.5 km3231215.816.0
97 Kobe13 Mar 197730.6 km2624215.313.03,954,000121 mio.
98 Cairo27 Sep 198765.5 km5553232.827.510,687,000700 mio.
99 Tianjin28 Mar 200472.0 km3737236.018.5208,00015 mio.
100 Medellin30 Nov 199528.8 km2625214.413.05,382,000155 mio.
101 Antwerp25 Mar 19757.6 km111123.85.5
102 Kaohsiung9 Mar 200842.7 km3736221.418.5703,00030 mio.
103 Nizhny Novgorod20 Nov 198515.5 km141327.87.02,129,00033 mio.
104 Duesseldorf4 Oct 19819.6 km141424.87.0
105 Rotterdam10 Feb 196847.0 km3837223.519.01,809,00085 mio.
106 Pyongyang6 Sep 197322.5 km1615211.38.01,556,00035 mio.
107 Mulheim3 Nov 19799.0 km131224.56.5
108 Toulouse26 Jun 199327.5 km3837213.819.01,527,00042 mio.
109 Baku6 Nov 196732.9 km2221216.411.05,356,000176 mio.
110 Santo Domingo30 Jan 200914.5 km1616114.516.0
111 Maracaibo8 Jun 20096.5 km6616.56.0
112 Bursa19 Aug 200222.5 km2323122.523.0
113 Jacksonville30 May 19896.9 km6616.96.0
114 Newark26 May 19352.2 km4412.24.0
115 Dnepropetrovsk29 Dec 19957.1 km6617.16.01,549,00011 mio.
116 Yerevan7 Mar 198112.1 km1010112.110.01,405,00017 mio.
117 Hiroshima20 Aug 199418.4 km2121118.421.0978,00018 mio.
118 Warsaw7 Apr 199522.6 km2121122.621.05,044,000114 mio.
119 Poznan1 Mar 19976.1 km6616.16.0
120 Gwangju28 Apr 200420.1 km2020120.120.0846,00017 mio.
121 Valencia18 Oct 20066.2 km7716.27.02,903,00018 mio.
122 Kolkata24 Oct 198422.6 km2121122.621.04,425,000100 mio.
123 Sendai15 Jul 198714.8 km1717114.817.03,919,00058 mio.
124 Gelsenkirchen1 Sep 19845.5 km9915.59.0
125 San Juan6 Jun 200517.2 km1616117.216.0523,0009 mio.
126 Kazan27 Aug 20058.3 km6618.36.0843,0007 mio.
127 Perugia29 Jan 20083.0 km7713.07.0
128 Istanbul16 Sep 200015.0 km1010115.010.04,533,00068 mio.
129 Rouen17 Dec 19942.2 km5512.25.0
130 Wuppertal1 Mar 190113.3 km2020113.320.0
131 Cleveland15 Mar 195531.0 km1818131.018.0194,0006 mio.
132 Turin4 Feb 20069.6 km141419.614.0
133 Kitakyushu9 Jan 19858.8 km131318.813.0
134 Baltimore21 Nov 198324.5 km1414124.514.0571,00014 mio.
135 Adana18 Mar 20098.0 km8818.08.0
136 Samara26 Dec 198710.2 km99110.29.01,176,00012 mio.
137 Kamakura3 Mar 19706.6 km8816.68.0
138 Naha10 Aug 200312.8 km1515112.815.0
139 Haifa19591.8 km6611.86.0
140 Valparaiso23 Nov 200543.0 km2020143.020.0
141 Kryvyi Rih26 Dec 198618.0 km1212118.012.0
142 Genoa13 Jun 19905.2 km7715.27.0
143 Catania27 Jun 19993.8 km6613.86.0
144 Miami21 May 198436.0 km2222136.022.0528,00019 mio.
145 Edmonton22 Apr 197813.1 km1111113.111.0
146 Buffalo18 May 19858.4 km8818.48.0
147 Izmir22 May 200011.5 km1010111.510.02,609,00030 mio.
148 DetroitJul 19874.8 km131314.813.0
149 Yekaterinburg26 Apr 19918.5 km7718.57.05,412,00046 mio.
150 Brasilia31 Mar 200142.0 km2323142.023.0381,00016 mio.
151 Helsinki3 Aug 198221.0 km1717121.017.02,762,00058 mio.
152 Rennes16 Mar 20029.0 km151519.015.02,556,00023 mio.
153 Volgograd5 Nov 19843.3 km2213.32.0
154 Shenyang23 Sep 200922.2 km1818122.218.0
155 Las Vegas15 Jul 20046.2 km7716.27.0
156 Porto Alegre2 Mar 198533.8 km1717133.817.0
157 Chennai19 Oct 199727.0 km1717127.017.0
158 Seattle18 Jul 200922.2 km1212122.212.0
159 Dubai9 Sep 200939.7 km1111139.711.0
160 Palma de Mallorca25 Apr 20078.3 km9918.39.0
161 Dalian1 May 200349.0 km1212149.012.0
162 Tama27 Nov 199816.0 km1919116.019.0
163 Incheon6 Oct 199929.5 km2929129.529.02,475,00073 mio.
164 Daejeon16 Mar 200622.6 km2222122.622.01,283,00029 mio.
165 Wuhan28 Sep 200410.2 km1010110.210.0
166 Nanjing27 Aug 200521.7 km1616121.716.04,700,000102 mio.
167 Bonn22 Mar 19759.0 km121219.012.0
168 Sofia28 Jan 199818.0 km1414118.014.02,833,00051 mio.
169 Lima13 Jan 200310.0 km66110.06.0
170 Chongqing18 Jun 200519.5 km1818119.518.0
171 Seville2 Apr 200918.0 km2121118.021.0
172 Belo Horizonte1 Aug 198628.1 km1919128.119.0
173 Glasgow14 Dec 189610.4 km1515110.415.01,442,00015 mio.
174 Pittsburgh3 Jul 19851.5 km3311.53.0
175 ChangchunOct 200217.0 km1616117.016.0
176 Ludwigshafen29 May 19694.0 km11110


Numerical data (except ridership) by Jordi Serradell 1/2010. Ridership data by John Kennes 10/2009. Ticket prices by UBS: Prices and Earnings (PDF, p. 20) 2009. Non-numerical data by Mike Rohde 1/2010.




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